Name: Aurantimonas frigidaquae Kim et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.gid.a’quae. L. masc. adj. frigidus, cold; L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. gen. fem. n. frigidaquae, from/of cold water, because the type strain was isolated from a water-cooling system

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fri-gid-A-kwa͡e, feminine

Type strain: CW5; DSM 21987; JCM 14755; KCTC 12893

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF373540 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim MS, Hoa KT, Baik KS, Park SC, Seong CN. Aurantimonas frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from a water-cooling system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1142-1146. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aureimonas frigidaquae (Kim et al. 2008) Rathsack et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aureimonas frigidaquae (Kim et al. 2008) Rathsack et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aurantimonas frigidaquae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aurantimonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Aurantimonas Denner et al. 2003

Assigned by: Kim MS, Hoa KT, Baik KS, Park SC, Seong CN. Aurantimonas frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from a water-cooling system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1142-1146. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 787329